Shook binder



' (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet l. C. BEU.

SHGGK BINDER.

No. 398,935. Patented Mar. 5, 1889.

2 Sheets- Sheet 2. G. BRU.

SHOCK BINDER.

(No Model.)

,935. Patented Mar. 5, 1889.

WITH-8858 A TTHIVEYS.

Unirnn drains artnr @einen Cl'lRlSTlAN BEF, (1F MOLINE, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR. OF (')NE-'IflALl TO .ltlllll DUULAP, OF SAlilE PLACE.

SHOCKBINDR.

SPECIFCATION forming part of Letters Pat-ent No. 398,935, dated March 5, 1889.

Application filed August 3, 1888. Serial No. 281,846. (No model.)

To all whomii; may concern,.-

Be it known that l, CHRISTIAN BEL', of Moline, .in the county ot' Elk and State of Kansas, have invented a new and Improved Shock- Binder, of which the following is a full, clear, Vand exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in shock-binders, and has for its object to provide a device for compressing' shocks of corn or grain, and also to provide a .means for expeditiously and conveniently tying the said shocks when compressed; and the further ob ject of the invention is to provide a device of simple and effective construction, light of weight, and readily portable.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed ont in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,

.in which siniilarigures of reference indica-te l inner face of one of the brackets 15, as

corresponding parts in all the viewsA Figure 1 is a side elevation of the binder. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section on the line :rar of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the device, illustrating the application thereof to a shock. Fig. 5 is adetail view of the hook 2?.

In carrying out the invention the frame consist-s of au end cross-bar, 1l, two parallel side bars, 12 and 13, attached to the said end crossbar, and a curved forward cross-bar, lil, ati tached in any approved inanner to the said side bars, the said forward cross-bar,l 14, being concaved upon the outerface and of a length sufficientto extend a Vdistance beyond the side bars, as best. illustrated in Fig. 2. To the upper face of the several side bars, 12 and 13, brackets 15 are secured, which brackets are made bow-shaped and to exten d upward l L the device is drawn in close engagement with and curve in direction of the forward or concaved cross-bar, 1i, as best `shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

The outer or free ends of the brackets 15 extend beyond the outer face of the curved cross-bar 11i, and to the said free extremities of the said brackets a second curved crossbar, 16, is secured, of similar construction to the lower crossbar, 1l. Freni the center of L rope the upper cross-bar, 16, a spear or sharp meta finger, 17, is outwardly projected, which finger is secured to the cross-bar by being screwed therein and held in position by suitable locknuts 18a.

Immediately below the spear or finger 17 an inwardly-projecting angle-spindle, 18, is attached to the lower curved cross-bar, 14.-, the vertical member of said spindle being located preferably centrally between the side brackets, 15, as best shown in Fig. 2. The spindle 18 is adapted to receive areel, 19, upon which reel cord or wire Q0 is wound purposed to tie the shocks. The upper plate of the reel is provided with a handle, 21, to facilitate winding the cord or wire thereon. To the rear of the rcel 19 a shaft, 22, is transversely journaled in the side bars of the traine, upon which shaft between the side bars a drum, 23, is mounted, one outer side of the said drnni being provided with a ratchet-wheel, 2i, adapted for engagement with a pawl, 25, pivoted to the best illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3.

The drum 23 is purposed to carry a strong rope, 2G, one end of which rope is permanently secured to the drum, the other end being adapted for attachment to a hook, 27,for1ning an integral portion of the druin or secured thereto, as desired. The drum is rotated through the medium ol' a era-nk, 2S, secured to one end of the transverse shaft.

Two guide-pulleys, 2S, are provided for the QG, one of which pulleys is journaled between each of the brackets 15 and the side bars beneath the same through the medium of a spindle, 29, passing through the said bracket-Sinto the frame, as best shown in Figi.

The object of advancing the upper curved cross-bar beyond the lower bar is that when 17 is inserted in the 9 IOC or above the rope as they are passed around the shock. The operator having niade the of the lower cross-bar, anda spear horizontally projected from the outer face of the said in Figs. l and 4. is now attached to the hook 27 ot' the drum '.lhe free end of the rope 26 and the drum rotated, the pawl 25 being ele- 1 vated until the shock is sufiiciently conipressed, whereupon the pawl is dropped downstantially in the manner and tor the purpose ward to an engagement. with the ratchet Qel.

The smaller cord or wire isnowreleased troni the reel l) by reversing its handle. 2l and the shock properly tied, whereupon the wire or cord is severed by engaging the saine with the edges of a preferably triangular knife, 3l, attached to the outer side of one of the brackets '15, as best illustrated in Figs. 1 and 4. After tying, the rope 26 is loosened and de tached, and the device may be readily reinoved from the shock by simply pulling it outward from the shock.

The top curved cross-bar projecting out the farthest serves to keep the binder square with the shock to be tied, and the bindingrope drawing from both ends imparts to the shock a regular shape, instead of leavingit in a .twisted form, as would occur if the rope were drawn entirely from one end.

To fill the reel 19 with wire or cord, the spear i7 is pressed into the ground, which will bring the said reel in a horizontal position, whereby the rcel may bc readily manipulated by the handle 2l, integral therewith.

Having thus described my invention, what I claiin as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

,Y l. In a shock-binder, the combination, with an essentiallyrectangular frame provided with a forward curved cross-bar, brackets projected upwardly and forwardly from the said traine, Aand a curved upper cross-bar secured to the extremities of the said brackets in ad.- vance of the lower cross-bar, of a drum carrying a tightening-rope j ournaled in the frame, a reel vertically supported from the lower curved cross-bar to carry the binding cord or wire, and a spear attached to the center of the .upper cross-bar, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a sl1ock-bi1nler,tl1e combination, with a traine provided with a front cross-bar of greater length than the width of the frame, having a concaved outer face, brackets proj ectcd upward and outward from the side bars j of the frame in vertical plane with the side bars, an upper cross-bar, also havingl a concaved face, secured to the brackets in advance upper cross-bar, of a drum journaled transversely in the frame adapted to carry a compressing-rope, a ratchet-wheel secured, to the said drum, a pawl pivoted to the frame engaging the ratchet-wheel, an angled spindle rear wardly projecting attached to the inner side ot' the lower cross-bar, and a reel journaled upon the said' spindle to carry the binding rope or wire, all combined to operate subspecified.

3. In a shock-binder, the combination, with a frame, a cross-bar secured to the forward end of4 the said traine having a curved outer face, brackets projected upwardly and out- Wardly from the side bars of the frame, a second cross-bar secured to the extremities of the said brackets in advance of and concentric with the lower erossbar, and a spear horizontally attached to the center of the outer face of the upper cross-bar, of a druin transversely journaled in the frame, a conipressiugfropeV secured to the said drinn, a ratchet-wheel attached to the drum, and a pawl engaging the said ratchet, guide-pulleys journaled between the `frame and brackets, an angled spindle projected centrally and rearwardly from the inner face of the lower crossbar, a reel journaled on said spindle, a tying or binding rope secured to said reel, a clamphook attached to the upper cross-bar, and a knife secured to the outer face of one bracket adjacent to the said hook, all combined to operate substantially as shown and described.

4. In a shock-binder, the combination, with a frame, a cross-bar secured to the forward end of the frame provided with a coneaved outer face, brackets proj eeted upwardly and forwardly fromthe'saidside bars ot the frame, an upper curved cross-bar attached to the eX.,- tir'einities of the said brackets in advance of and vconcentric with the lower cross-bar, a clamp-hook secured tol the upper cross-bar near one extremity, and a knife'projecting upward from the bracket contiguous to the said clamp-hook, of a drum j ournaled in the frame adapted to carry a compressing-rope, an angled spindle projected rearwardly froin the lower cross-bar, a reel journaled upon the said spindle carrying a binding-rope, a spear attached to the outer face of the upper crossbar, and nieans, substantially as shown and described, for lockingA the druni, as set forth.

CHRISTIAN BEU. llvitnesses:

W. A. GoRToN, J. D. DUNLAP.

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